Blooming of shrubs one season at a time
To help you choose your shrubs depending on their blooming season, Nature-and-Garden recommends this selection of the most beautiful flowering shrubs for each season.
Calendar
Calendars help us get organized. When the day has come to sow, the harvest is already in mind!
The complete January Garden Guide
January is often a time of new resolutions, promises to do things better as you start planning your
Flowers from winter through spring, every month gets its blooms!
Each season brings its own sweet charms to the garden. But after a foggy autumn and a biting cold winter you’re probably aching for your garden to show signs that cute little spring flowers are coming in.
New year’s plants, symbols of luck and long life
Which ornamental plants are rooted in history and culture, traditionally planted in the garden or hosted
Five fabulous winter-blooming flowers
Even in winter, nature finds ways to gift us with joy and magic, with flowers that are full of warmth and color.
Fall, Autumn, the ideal season to prepare your garden
Fall has come, time to unsheathe your weapons to have an astounding garden come spring.
All Saint’s day, a religious celebration and popular tradition
A religious celebration to honor all saints, November 1st has become the day when we pay our respects to those who have passed away with Chrysanthemum flowers.
Work to do in the garden in fall
Harvesting, raking, sowing, planting… A summary of the work to get done in the garden in Fall before winter sets in.
Carve a pumpkin for Halloween!
October 31st is Halloween! Hey, what if you celebrated it with the famous Jack O’Lantern pumpkin? Whether you have children or not, this is always a fun activity!
September to December, the vegetable gardener’s calendar
Even though the harvest is the highlight of Fall and autumn, other tasks like cleaning up and preparing the plot for the future spring sowing are also there to keep us busy in the vegetable patch.
First flowers to bloom in spring
After drab winter months, what a joy to see first flowers appear! Fresh bursts of color appear in flower beds, hedges and on taller trees. Here are the first flowers to appear in spring, signaling that finally, the weather has taken a turn for the better.
Sowing and transplant calendar for the vegetable patch
Here is the calendar for sowing vegetables and transplanting seedling so that you’ll get everything done at the right time in winter, spring, summer and fall.
Gardening by the moon, why it works and planting tips
Gardening by the moon, sure! But how? And why? Gardeners have always observed with fascination the impact of the moon on plants they were growing.
Halloween, where scary pumpkins First came from
October 31st is Halloween! Are you aware of how this feast day started, and the reason behind the digging out of a pumpkin to make lanterns?
Fall garden checklist, work to do in the garden in Autumn
Days grow shorter and frost spells are just around the corner… Here’s a checklist for gardening in fall before it starts getting cold.
Planting bulbs and sowing flowers in fall – all will burst to life in spring!
Start preparing next year’s garden. Here are some tips on planting bulbs and other perennials and annuals. Easy!
6 steps to start a vegetable patch. No more, no less!
Been wanting to start a veggie patch but not sure how get started? Find out how to start your first vegetable patch in 6 key steps!
Spring garden tasks for each portion of the garden
Spring garden tasks start filling those days as they get longer and nature begins to stir… time for gardeners to get the ball rolling! Fresh sunny days are perfect for gardening after the long winter wait.
Life goes on in the vegetable patch
Never a day’s rest for the gardener! Summer harvests are in, and now in Autumn plots are prepared for the planting and sowing of winter crops.
Spring sowing and planting
There it is! Spring! Rather than cramming to fit everything in a single month, stage your sowing and planting wisely to maximize your harvests and avoid spring burn-out.
The Children’s vegetable patch – with a simple planting calendar, too!
For the school holidays, nothing beats introducing your children to the world of gardening. This vegetable patch calendar will make them more sensitive to the environment and to the food they eat.
Flowers in the garden for fall and winter
When the plant kingdom slumbers and snow sometimes covers the green span of lawn
Regional planting calendar to maximize your vegetable patch – MetroFrance Edition
For those of you in France who want to absolutely maximize your vegetable productivity, it’s important to follow a rigorous planting calendar. For that, it’s important to realize that not all regions have the same climate and weather conditions. Indeed, the climate isn’t the same in all parts of France, and this has a direct […]
Pruning shrubs, technique, season
Pruning shrubs is an important part of their development, their blooming or simply the harmonious shape of your specimen.
Spring sowing and planting in the vegetable patch
Spring is a busy season for planting and sowing, busy as in “buzzy” since bees and insects have joined the show in the vegetable patch! You need to clean, sow, repot, transplant, and more if you want to harvest
